[Nfbc-info] Fitness & Athletic Equity Act

Fri Nov 21 20:38:54 UTC 2008

Bryan,
I would also like to know all those facts before making a decision on whether to push for this or not.  I am still looking for the text of the Maryland act.  Maybe LM will have better luck than me and respond to you sooner.  I just wanted to share what I had found to fill the void in information!
Jennifer

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Fitness & Athletic Equity Act (Bryan Bashin)
   2. board meeting clarification (Angela fowler)
   3. FW: NFB v. Target Class Action Claim Filing (nlibre at gmail.com)
   4. Re: board meeting clarification (Robert Stigile)
   5. Re: board meeting clarification (Angela fowler)
   6. FW: January 4 Materials (tina thomas )
   7. NFB - Committee on Automobile and Pedestrian Safety	(CAPS)
      (Bryan Bashin)

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:50:57 -0800
From: Bryan Bashin <bashin at calweb.com>
Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Fitness & Athletic Equity Act
To: NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
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Jennifer,

Thanks for this.  It hits the general problem 
well, but unfortunately doesn't tell us anything 
about the actual law, or for that matter what 
we're seeking to do with legislation in 
California.  Before I can form an opinion I'd 
like to know some actual specifics.

Bryan Bashin

At 02:34 PM 11/17/2008, you wrote:
>I haven't been able to find the text of the Act 
>yet, but this article summarizes most of the agenda from the Maryland
version.
>Jennifer
>Fitness and Athletics Equity
>On July 21, 2008, surrounded by Maryland 
>athletes playing bocce, wheelchair basketball, 
>adaptive tennis, goal ball and other sports 
>activities, Governor Martin O?Malley, joined 
>representatives from the Maryland Department of 
>Disabilities, the Maryland State Department of 
>Education, and members of the Maryland 
>disabilities community to celebrate the passage 
>of the 2008 Maryland Fitness and Athletics 
>Equity Act for Students with Disabilities.
>
>The event was the kickoff to a week of 
>activities to promote and recognize the 
>importance of the ADA, a major milestone in 
>ensuring that more than 54 million Americans 
>receive the same basic freedoms ? independence, 
>equal access, freedom of choice and inclusion ? as everyone in our country.
>
>?In Maryland we are deeply committed to the 
>principles of the ADA and through the work of 
>the Department of Disabilities and other state 
>agencies, we will strive to expand opportunities 
>for people with disabilities, giving them the 
>chance to contribute to their community.? said 
>Governor O?Malley who had signed the bill into 
>law on May 14, 2008.  ?When you provide young 
>people the chance to participate in fitness 
>activities you begin a pattern of ?fitness for a 
>lifetime? that will benefit them throughout their lives.?
>
>As part of the program, special guest and 
>keynote speaker, Willie Stewart, paralympic 
>athlete and winner of the 2007 New York City 
>Triathlon, shared his experiences as a athlete 
>with a disability and discussed ?Armed for the 
>Challenge? an award-winning documentary about 
>his life that was screened as part of the event 
>program.  The event also included special 
>displays, demonstrations and information for 
>students with disabilities and their families.
>
>The 2008 Maryland Fitness and Athletic Equity 
>Act for Students with Disabilities ensures that 
>students with disabilities are provided 
>opportunities to participate in physical 
>education, and athletic activities in Maryland 
>schools.  With the passage of the legislation, 
>the Maryland Department of Disabilities and the 
>Maryland State Department of Education will work 
>with local school jurisdictions to improve 
>policies and implement the new statute and 
>improvements to adaptive physical education and 
>interscholastic athletic participation.
>
>?The Fitness and Athletic Equity Act assures 
>that students with disabilities will no longer 
>be just spectators.  They will have every 
>opportunity to benefit from adaptive physical 
>education, unified sports and try out for competitive sports,? Raggio
added.
>
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:22:31 -0800
From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
Subject: [Nfbc-info] board meeting clarification
To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
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This is the info I have for accessing the board meeting tonight.

Call in number: (616) 347-8400 
Pass code: 184220 

Is this correct?

Thank you

Angela Fowler

fowlers at syix.com

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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:39:42 -0800
From: <nlibre at gmail.com>
Subject: [Nfbc-info] FW: NFB v. Target Class Action Claim Filing
To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
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I just received the following e-mail.  I would encourage all our blind
members to go the Target website and if you encounter barriers while using
screen reading software, make sure you file a claim.

Nicol?s

  _____  

From: User, NFBTarget [mailto:NFBTarget at rg2claims.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:18 AM
To: User, NFBTarget
Subject: NFB v. Target Class Action Claim Filing

Thank you for submitting your claim in the NFB v. Target website access
settlement. Would you consider helping to spread the news of this settlement
to others who may also be eligible to submit a claim?  If so, please forward
this email to other individuals with vision disabilities in California.

Attention:   blind and low vision web users in California.  If you have a
vision disability and use screen access software, you have the chance to
share in a damages settlement concerning access to Target Corporation?s
website. All you have to do is reside in California and have tried to access
www.target.com <http://www.target.com/>  or attempt to access
www.target.com
<http://www.target.com/>  by December 9th and experience one or more
barriers on the site.   You can then file a claim at
www.nfbtargetlawsuit.com <http://www.nfbtargetlawsuit.com/>  (click on
the
top most link to file a claim). By filing a claim you may be eligible for up
to $7,000. Claims need to be submitted by January 8, 2009 to be valid.  If
you have any questions,  please feel free to contact plaintiffs? attorneys
at Disability Rights Advocates  www.dralegal.org 

Thank you, 

Claims Administrator

Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:03:48 -0800
From: Robert Stigile <rstigile at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] board meeting clarification
To: NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
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Hello Angela,
Yes, it is correct.
Thanks,

Robert Stigile

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com
>To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:22:31 -0800
>Subject: [Nfbc-info] board meeting clarification

>This is the info I have for accessing the board meeting tonight.

>Call in number: (616) 347-8400
>Pass code: 184220

>Is this correct?

>Thank you

>Angela Fowler

>fowlers at syix.com

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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:18:40 -0800
From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] board meeting clarification
To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
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Thank you, Robert. 

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Robert Stigile
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:04 PM
To: NFB of California List
Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] board meeting clarification

Hello Angela,
Yes, it is correct.
Thanks,

Robert Stigile

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com
>To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 20 
>Nov 2008 11:22:31 -0800
>Subject: [Nfbc-info] board meeting clarification

>This is the info I have for accessing the board meeting tonight.

>Call in number: (616) 347-8400
>Pass code: 184220

>Is this correct?

>Thank you

>Angela Fowler

>fowlers at syix.com

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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:13:42 -0800
From: "tina thomas " <tinadt at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [Nfbc-info] FW: January 4 Materials
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From: Schroeder, Fredric [mailto:FSchroeder at nfb.org] 
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 1:12 PM
To: Schroeder, Fredric
Subject: January 4 Materials

Colleagues,

Attached to this email are three documents which we will use to constitute
the basis of our January 4 activities. Please note, however, that the
information found in the sample email and activity overview is intended as
suggestion, and can be adapted or amended as you see fit.

In addition, you will find a materials request form attached to this email.
The materials outlined in this form will be provided to affiliates free of
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request for each event you plan to hold. If you will be presenting at two
separate book stores, please submit two material request forms. Also,
because we will be sending these packets in the midst of holiday mailings,
and the post can be somewhat unpredictable, please be sure to have the
materials in hand by the deadline listed on the form.

If you have any questions about these materials, feel free to contact me
here. We will also be discussing them at the upcoming conference calls.

I look forward to working with all of you as we forge ahead with our
campaign. We have much to accomplish in the coming year, and I am confident
we will all rise to the challenge.

Fred Schroeder

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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:12:20 -0800
From: Bryan Bashin <bashin at calweb.com>
Subject: [Nfbc-info] NFB - Committee on Automobile and Pedestrian
	Safety	(CAPS)
To: NFBC Info at NFBNet <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
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Hi folks,

There has been a lot of interest in where members can find resources 
about the silent car problem in order to get their members of 
Congress to sign onto our bill, HR 5734.

Below please find a link to the special web page the NFB Silent Cars 
committee has established.  The page has many dozen articles, videos 
and radio interviews about the problem, really a teriffic source of 
background information for any legislator.  You can play some of the 
radio pieces right in a member's office, or cut and paste some 
appropriate articles into an email when you're seeking an 
appointment.  Many of the links of this national page are from 
California media, which would be most impressive to a California 
representative.

Remember, folks, we have just 10 of California's 53 members of 
Congress signed up so far.  Please in the next few weeks see if we 
can help push the total number of co-sponsors of HR 5734 to 100 
nationally.  We can really make a difference on this issue in the 
upcoming legislative session.

Best,

Bryan Bashin
.nfb.org/  

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